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- ↑ Ceve at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ↑ "Va, Sayegh Iceve!". SIL International. 15 September 2022.
- 1 2 3 "Iceve-Maci language and alphabet". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
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